Soft Bread Crumbs

"A great way to turn unwanted bread scraps into a useful ingredient, with variations for making dry bread crumbs. Cook time is for the dry bread crumbs."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
2
Yields:
1/2 cup
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ingredients

  • 1 ounce bread, 1 sandwich bread, without added flavorings, or
  • 1 roll, without added flavorings
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directions

  • Tear 1 small roll or 1 slice of bread at a time into a blender.
  • Cover. Turn blender on and off repeatedly until bread is torn into light, uniform crumbs.
  • Or put bread on a cutting board and use fork tines to tear off crumbs.
  • Put crumbs into a plastic bag and toss to mix.
  • Press air from bag; close and freeze.
  • One (1-ounce) bread slice makes about 1/2 cup lightly packed crumbs.
  • Dry Breadcrumbs:

  • Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius).
  • Spread soft bread crumbs in a thin layer on a shallow baking sheet.
  • Dry in oven 30 minutes.
  • Cool.
  • Spread crumbs out in an open plastic bag; crush with a rolling pin.
  • 1/2 cup lightly packed soft breadcrumbs makes about 3 tablespoons fine dry breadcrumbs.

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Reviews

  1. Great outcome! Had leftover bread to use. I used a food processor and blended bread with some parsley which I needed for a recipe. (Hence why the photo may be a little green.) Then I made more using just bread without parsley, which I have used to freeze. Thanks Deb......Nobody could go wrong with this one
     
  2. This is one of those basic core recipes that I use all the time. This method produces perfect soft and dry bread crumbs. Thanks
     
  3. Who knew making bread crumbs homemade was THIS easy???? Wow! I made the dry crumb option, and I used the heavenly garlic bread from our local italian joint - pure heaven! Thanks so much for sharing this, Deb! Made for Zaar Stars.
     
  4. So easy to make! I used the ends of whole wheat bread and used a food processor and pulsed to desired size. I doubled the recipe and it was done in no time! I didn't dry them because I made buttered bread crumbs with it. Thanks! Made for Vegetarian Swap-Feb. 2010.
     
  5. I made this during the Stocking tag game in Holiday, and thought I'd posted a review....my photo is here, just not the review. This is a great way to use leftover bread and save some money! Thanks for sharing!
     
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